Local Kubernetes Runner

LKR, Local Kubernetes Runner.

Supported engines:

• k3s

Requirements

• Docker

Get started

curl -Ls "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicoloboschi/local-kubernetes-runner/main/get-lkr.sh" | bash

Cluster lifecycle

To start the kubernetes cluster:

lkr start
# lkr logs
# lkr stop

To load images to the cluster from the host:

lkr load <myimage>

To debug the node:

lkr shell

Working with applications

LKR doesn't change your local kube config. In order to deploy and monitor applications in LKR, you need to prepend your commands with lkr.

lkr kubectl get pods
lkr helm install

lkr also introduces shortcuts for the most common tools.

Kubectl

lkr k get pods

K9s

lkr 9